I am indebted to many people on two continents. At the risk of omitting anyone, I would like to thank the following people for devoting some of their time to answer my questions, send me valuable information, locate books for me, and in some cases guide me to fascinating places I would never have seen or fully appreciated on my own: Philippe Abalan, Marianne Anderson, Eugénie Anglès, Eva Assayag, Louis Aulbach, Alexander Barnes, Curtis Bartosik, Jerry Battle, Christian Baujard, David Bedford, Cecilia Bell, Véronique Bernier, Sébastien Bonhomme, Yvan Boukef, Bill Brewster, Ron Bridgemon, Debra Brookhart, Shelia Bumgarner, Ernest Cable, Martin Callahan, W. Charles Campbell, Frederic Castier, Hervé Chabannes, Jayne Chapman, Hal Chase, Gilles Chauwin, Ariane Chevalier, George W. Contant, Mike Coonce, Colin Cook, Francesca Costapereria, Christian Couty, Gary Cozzens, Margaret Daley, Michael F. Davino, Jean-Paul de Vries, Nicholas Di Brino, Barry R. Dlouhy, Tony Dowland, Barbara C. Eberhart, Richard S. Faulkner, Mylène Feydieu, Gail Francis-Tiron, Fred Forrest, Linda Fournier, Michel Gautier, Clarita Geoghegan, Timothy F. Green, Linda Gorski, Jeff Gudenkauf, Alessandra Guerra, Marie-Jo Guyot, Steve Hakes, Carl Hale, Jim E. Hall, Mike Hanlon, Luther Hanson, David Harrison, Cindy Hayostek, Shawn B. Heacock, Karel Herbots, Tom Hill, Julie Hiscox, Russell Horton, Claudia Johnson, Robert Johnston, Gary Kempf, Kaye Kernodle, Bob Kerr, Jake Klim, Ric Lambart, Becky Lambert, Christian Laude, Teresa Leal, Anne-Sophie Lens, Ken Maguire, Michel Mahé, William Manthorpe, Michael Martin, Stéphane Martin, Paul Matthews, Agathe Maugis, Suellen R. McDaniel, Conner McGee, Rainey McKenna, Mike McKinney, Laureano Meir, Phoebe Merrick, Neera Mohess, Emilie Moussard, Joseph Murphey, Eric Nelsen, Malcolm Oglivie, Benoît Odelot, Tony O’Mahony, Amanda Pearson, Melissa A. Peck, Rick Perkins, Oliver Pinzer, Elodie Pioche, Lise Pommois, Paul-Marie Pouliquen, Chuck Preble, Charles Province, Matthew D. Rector, Mary Redman, Brian Rhodes, Cybèle Robichaud, Pepe Rosado, Mindy Rosewitz, Andrew Ryan, Mitch Ryder, Beate Scheffler, Monique Seefried, Margaret Shields, Becky Slayton, Andrew J. Stevenson, Michael E. Telzrow, David Trojan, Jess Tucker, Ross Turle, Martine Vallon, Tom Vasti, Katrien Verwinnen, Franck Viltart, Sarah Voiles, Bill Wehner, Mary Whisenand, Ben Whittaker, Giles Williams, Gary Wilson, David Wood, and Andrew Woods.
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